Thursday, March 6, 2008

Luciana Cafe Now Open, Customers Needed

As I reported in a post on January 11, Luciana Cafe is the latest addition to our neighborhood restaurant. The restaurant opened a few days ago, so check it out.

And while you are chatting with Reinaldo and Frank (shown in the photo here), let them know you are hoping for a sit-down restaurant. If enough people indicate interest, they will move in that direction. As it is, the protective glass is not fully up and a face-to-face conversation can be had with the new owners.

I agree, this is misleading to say "cafe" and it would still be scary to go to this corner for another walk-up window, hidden behind plexy glass. Reminds me of the lucky dragon on 1st and Rhode Island...and we all know what goes on there.

yes, I love new businesses in the neighborhood, but we must move forward to a new type of place. No more convenience stores with single can beers and cheap grain alcohol...and no more walk-up plexi-glass window fast food joints.

Sorry to say, but I ate there recently and I don't think this is going to make it nor be a big plus to the neighborhood unless they make a lot of changes.

There are another Rotisserie Chicken place and the chicken is okay. However, the sides are all from cans or frozen vegetables. The mixed vegetables are a combination of cans/frozen with 2 different kinds of carrots, zig-zag slices and square cubes. The beans are obviously from a can, the salad is road-side lettuce, and the rice...you get the message.

The place inside certainly doesn't inspire a place to sit, eat, or even to walk in so I just can't see how they will be successful without some major changes, improved food, and perhaps some places to sit.

To compare to Windows or even Big Bear Cafe is a HUGE stretch. I agree with the person who compared it more to the chinese walk-ins that really need to go.

For $4.40 – four dollars and forty cents! – I got one monster of a carved roast chicken sandwich w/lettuce, tomato, and mayo on a nice hoagie bun... w/fries.

As far as the seating, yes, I agree that it would be nice if they put in some tables and chairs. With the space that they have, it looks like they might just do that.

Regarding the Plexiglas issue... I say get over it. Sure, I’d rather it didn’t have to be there, but this is still D.C., and a business owner full of bullet holes does not make for a flourishing business. How is imply taking down the Plexiglas – so as not to offend aesthetics snobs or wound those with sensitive egos – going to solve the social problems that led to the glass being put up in the first place?

After hearing elsewhere that Luciana's is a Peruvian Rotisserie joint I spent a few days being haunted by my Remembrances of Chickens past. Yesterday I caved. I decided I didn't need to sit down & eat in the cafe, I just needed to get me some Peruvian Rotisserie chicken. Table & chair I could enjoy at home.

It was the right choice. Go get you some of that pollo and be thankful you no longer have to venture to the Virginia suburbs for the best chicken evah! Skip the sides, at least skip them if you were thinking about rice, beans, and/or mixed veg. I didn't try the fried yucca, but I'll give it a shot next time and see if it's worth it. Definitely make use of the (free) hot green sauce on the side - it's the real deal.

I think they might generate a little more interest if they made it clear it's not just chicken, it's Peruvian Rotisserie. THANK YOU Luciana, for bringing it to Truxton Circle!

Definite yes on the yucca fries. (That's right. I went there yesterday and today.) Side salad is acceptable. Include it in your 2 sides and you can take it home and roll it into tortillas with the chicken, yucca, and green sauce.

There's a piece of advice for Luciana - offer a couple of rolled tortillas on the side.

The pulled chicken sandwich is great! The sides are more of a mixed blessing. Had the fries (alright) and the veggies (not so good, as others have pointed out). But what puts them heads and shoulders above other carryouts is the very friendly attitude and service with a smile. And part of the plexiglas has been removed, I could interact directly with them. Also, they at least an attempt to improve the interior appearance, with warm wall colors, some decorative plates and pleasant music. I hope they can eventually turn LC into a thriving sit-down business.

As someone who has never, ever eaten in one of the carry-out joints in this neighborhood - I say - get over the plexiglass. Luciana is wonderful, and you can't beat the price. For $10, we can feed our family of 4 on those nights when we are in dire need of a grocery trip or just don't feel like cooking.... and I'm not about to complain about frozen veggies when I'm paying $10. I think it's wonderful, and I hope they are successful.

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About Me

I served the Ward Five residents in ANC district 5C-02 on the Advisory Neighborhood Commission 5C from January 2007 until January 2009. I live on North Capitol Street in the Eckington-Bloomingdale area of Washington, D.C.